USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser and later a Boston-class guided missile cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts.

The USS BOSTON (CAG-1), a Baltimore class cruiser, was commissioned on 30 JUN 1943. USS BOSTON served her country for 26 years, 10 months and 5 days, until decommissioned on 5 MAY 1970.

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USS Boston (CAG-1) was recommissioned 1 November 1955 and operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean conducting missile evaluations and participating in fleet exercises until...

Initially commissioned as a BALTIMORE - class heavy gun cruiser, the USS BOSTON was the sixth ship in the Navy to bear the name. During World War II, the ship operated in the Pacific. Following the Japanese surrender, the BOSTON remained in the Far East on occupation duty until February 28, 1946.

The USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on June 30, 1941, and launched on August 26, 1942. It was commissioned on June 30, the following year under Capt. J. H. Carson’s command as CA-69 and served in the U.S. Navy for 18 years until it was decommissioned on May 5, 1970.

U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers USS Boston (CAG 1) and USS Canberra (CAG 2) steam alongside each other, as they practice high-line operations for the transfer of the World War II Unknown Soldier, 22 April 1958.

The United States Navy's Boston class were the first guided missile cruisers in the world. Both ships in this experimental class were originally Baltimore -class heavy cruisers that had been decommissioned after World War II, but were redesignated as guided missile heavy cruisers (CAGs) and entered refit in 1952.

USS Boston (CAG-1) Painting by Rod Claudius, Rome, Italy, 1962. This painting was one of a series of depictions of U.S. Navy ships named Boston that Claudius made for display on board USS Boston (CAG-1).

USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Boston, Massachusetts.